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pentasaccharide

pentasaccharide noun: any oligosaccharide having five sugar residues.

Noun

pentasaccharide (plural pentasaccharides)

  1. Any oligosaccharide having five sugar residues

Forms of pentasaccharide

pluralpentasaccharides

Origin of pentasaccharide

From penta- + saccharide.

Words formed from pentasaccharide

Questions about pentasaccharide

What does pentasaccharide mean?
Pentasaccharide means any oligosaccharide having five sugar residues.
What part of speech is pentasaccharide?
Pentasaccharide is a noun.
What is the plural of pentasaccharide?
The plural of pentasaccharide is pentasaccharides.

Words near pentasaccharide in the dictionary

  1. pentaresistant
  2. pentaribonucleotide
  3. pentaribonucleotides
  4. pentarsic
  5. pentas
  6. pentasaccharide
  7. pentasaccharides
  8. pentasectible
  9. pentaselenide
  10. pentaselenides
  11. pentasepalous

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